Multifunctional acyltransferases from Tetrahymena thermophila

Lipids

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 371-381

  Biester, Eva Maria ^a   Hellenbrand, Janine ^a   Frentzen, Margrit ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

DGAT; Diester; Multifunctional acyltransferase; Prenyl ester; Tetrahymena; Wax ester

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A; ACYLTRANSFERASE; DIACYLGLYCEROL; DIACYLGLYCEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE 2; FATTY ALCOHOL; ISOPRENALINE; THIOESTER; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESTERIFICATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESTERS; ISOENZYMES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA; TRIGLYCERIDES; WAXES;

MAMMALIA; PROTOZOA; TETRAHYMENA; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 84863478799     PISSN: 00244201     EISSN: 15589307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11745-011-3642-1     Document Type: Article

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